ECTP experts Vit Rezac, Luc-Emile Bouche-Florin and Joris Scheers intensely participated at the preparation and final approval of the Davos declaration for High quality Baukultur, last January 2018.

In advance of the Annual Meeting of the Davos-WEF, the Davos declaration, which highlights pathways for politically and strategically promoting the concept of a high-quality Baukultur in Europe was approved. The Davos Declaration emphasises the central role of culture in the quality of our living environment. It reminds us that building is culture and creates space for culture. Taking a holistic approach, stressing the importance of Spatial planning, the joint responsibility of politics and society for the built environment is stressed and a European policy of achieving high-quality Baukultur is called for.

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The XIIth European Urban and Regional Planning Awards
The XIIth European Urban and Regional Planning Awards: call is OPEN
Airports, Cities and Urban development
Airports, Cities and urban developmentThe European Council of Town Planners considers the importance of Airports Cities in the...Read More

This Edition of Young Planners Workshop is a project shared with 12th European Urban and Regional Planning Awards 2018 organized by ECTP-CEU with the support of Groupe ADP, the Fundation Metropoli and the Committee of the Regions.
In this framework, the ECTP-CEU Young Planners workshop proposes a topic...Read More

Council of Europe Conference of Ministers in Charge of Spatial Planning CEMAT. 17th session.
Bucarest, 3-4 November 2017
Report by Luc-Emile BOUCHE-FLORINECTP-CEU Honorary President and Official representative
I- CEMAT Conference of ministers in Charge of Spatial Planning; meeting of the...Read More

October 6, 2017, Jointly organized by City of Leuven, VRP and ECTP-CEUInternational symposium /Enhancing spatial efficiency in urbanized areas
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Welcoming words by Joris Scheers, president ECTP-CEU and Carl Devlies, First Elderman City of Leuven, responsible...Read More

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ESPON - Survey to capture the provision of cross-border public services in Europe
POSTED ON FEBRUARY 6, 2018
BY ESPON
IN PUBLIC CONSULTATION
The ESPON 2020 Cooperation Programme is undertaking a study on the territorial dimension of the provision of... Read More

ECTP experts Vit Rezac, Luc-Emile Bouche-Florin and Joris Scheers intensely participated at the preparation and final approval of the Davos declaration for High quality Baukultur, last January 2018.
In advance of the Annual Meeting of the Davos-WEF, the Davos declaration, which highlights... Read More

Europa Nostra publishes Learning Kits on Fundraising, Advocacy and Education for heritage organisations
At the beginning of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, Europa Nostra issued Learning Kits for heritage civil society organisations on three crucial... Read More

Survey shared from our Estonian member Eesti Planeerijate Ühing (EPÜ)
This survey is compiled by the Spatial Design Expert Group at the Government Office in Estonia. The aim of this survey is to gather information on processes, mechanisms and instruments for implementing architectural policies... Read More

A recent meeting evaluated the experiences and impressions after one year Urban Agenda for the EU.The subject, being of high importance for Spatial Planners, relates to innovate the practice of urban development.This official EU Council adopted policy acknowledges that the real development is located... Read More

STREAMING Urban Thinkers Campus (UTC) – BARCELONA 2017 Programme
STREAMING ANNOUNCEMENT The plenary sessions of the Urban Thinkers Campus organised by FIU between 25th and 27th of October will be available via streaming at the event web page, clicking on the ‘streaming’... Read More

And call for experts
ITU and UNECE launched "United for Smart Sustainable Cities" (U4SSC) in May 2016 in response to the Sustainable Development Goal 11: "Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable".
U4SSC is now an UN initiative supported by CBD, ECLAC,... Read More

The RFSC is a web tool that was created to enable the implementation of the Leipzig Charter for Sustainable European Cities following the Declaration of Marseille of European Ministers responsible for Sustainable Cities. In November 2008, a joint governance of all Members States, the European... Read More

The Urban Agenda for the EU moves on with a new dedicated website!
The Urban Agenda for the EU is an integrated and coordinated approach to deal with the urban dimension of EU and national policies and legislation. By focusing on concrete priority themes within dedicated... Read More

Call for projects for publication in the fifth yearbook on European practice co-sponsored by IFLA Europe.
Landscape Architecture Europe (LAE) call on professionals from all over the continent to send in their most relevant and exemplary projects for publication in the fifth yearbook on European... Read More

Reports about the recent meetings of the Member State Directors General responsible for territorial cohesion and urban matters.
The content demonstrates the importance of our permanent representation to these policy making meetings, which are of large importance for the future of the discipline of... Read More

The Dubai International Award For Best Practice
21 years of recognizing excellence in urban best practice
The Dubai Municipality and UN-Habitat present the Dubai International Award for Best Practices to Improve the Living Environment.
The 2017 Award comes at a critical time; with the New Urban... Read More

Reports about the progress in EU policy making with regard to the discipline of Spatual Planning.Meetings of NTCCP and UDG of 02/03 and 03/03 under Maltese EU Presidency
Reports from Jan Vogelij, ECTP-CEU representative to the spatial development policy making of the Council of... Read More

27 February 2017
The growing number of RTPI members interested in working outside of the United Kingdom and Ireland has prompted the Institute to publish its first guide to working internationally.
A Guide To Working Internationally contains general information, tips and relevant... Read More

European Charter on Participatory Democracy
ECTP-CEU is proud to announce the signature of the European Charter on Participatory Democracy by
MR DAMIEN CASTELAIN, PRÉSIDENT DE LA MÉTROPOLE EUROPÉENNE DE LILLE
The European Charter on Participatory Democracy was signed... Read More

PRESS RELEASE
Civil society calls on EU leaders to recognise fundamental role of cultural heritage for the future of Europe.
The Hague, 2 February 2017 – Ahead of the informal summit of European leaders on the future of the EU in Valletta on 3 February 2017, 40 European heritage networks that... Read More

ECTP-CEU YOUNG PLANNERS WORKSHOP 2017&12TH BIENNIAL OF EUROPEAN TOWNS AND TOWN PLANNERSPARIS, JUNE 2017
CITIES, OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES AND OTHER MEGA EVENTSHOW TO LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE
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The Young Planners Workshop 2017 will be concluded at the... Read More

The European Charter on Participatory Democracy in Spatial Planning Processes
The Charter of participatory Democracy was approved at the ECTP-CEU General Assembly, Dublin, October 17th 2015.This primary vocation of this text is to invite all the actors of the planning processes - including politicians... Read More

Ljubljana Forum 2016 gathered around 150 participants who exchanged knowledge and discussed the opportunities and ideas for empowering cities and people.
»Knowledge and experience of city governance combined with visions of young people are crucial for future development of cities smart... Read More

Energy and Spatial Planning – A Practical Guide for Planners
The SPECIAL (Spatial Planning for Energy in Communities of All Landscapes) project, funded by Intelligent Energy Europe, is a three year project on integrating spatial planning and energy. The lead partner is the Town and Country... Read More

This study can be seen in the prolongation of the ECTP-CEU working group on “Regional Planning towards Territorial Cohesion" initiated and conducted by Jan Vogelij.
The results of that work are formulated in "Fifteen Steps towards Territorial Cohesion”.
In this current study (Effective... Read More

The EU has set challenging targets for cutting vehicle CO2 emissions from road transport. By 2021, manufacturers will have to reduce emissions to 95g of CO2 per kilometre for passenger cars and 147g for vans – reduced from 186g of CO2 per kilometre for passenger cars in 1995, and 181g for vans in... Read More